[close]testing xorg, evdev mouse, keyboard problems

found this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44311
just updated this morning, have testing active. running KDEmod, my mouses movement now seem to be restricted to a verticle movement up and down screen, keyboard also seems to be exhibiting some strange behaviour. I'm guessing this is something to do with evdev,hal changes mentioned in the upgrade help text. Anybody got any ideas?
thanks
Last edited by sykesm (2008-02-23 11:57:13)

Does export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 in your .bashrc and restarting X help? Or if that doesn't work does recompiling Xorg with https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13808 help? well i don't think so... I think this is a udev issue where udev changes & creates new devices confusing the X server thus leading to the plethora of problems mentioned here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cg … arch=mouse where the keyboard can sometimes influence the mouse etc.. I know iv'e had a bunch of these errors previously..

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[SOLVED]Xorg.conf, mouse config problem

The Rapoo M765 mouse can not work properly under normal mouse configuration.
The mouse goes beyond controll when config as below:
hacksign@XSign [14:13:13] : ~
>> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mouse-acceleration.conf
#Section "InputClass"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# MatchProduct "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse"
# MatchIsPointer "yes"
# MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "auto"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
# Option "Buttons" "7"
# Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
#EndSection
When there is no any configuration, the mouse can work abnormally. Movement and right/left click work fine, but I can not use scroll wheel,and the "go forward"&"go backward" mouse key can not work too.
(I know Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" is the configuration of scroll wheel emulation.)
The real problem is 'mouse beyond controll',the cursor goes crazyly on screen ....
I guess it is something wrong of ButtonMapping option. But when I tried to get button number from command xev,when scroll wheel scrolles, I get something below(the scroll wheel movement is identified as a key event~):
//left click
ButtonPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3766452, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3766588, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES
//right click
ButtonPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3767716, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3767852, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x400, button 3, same_screen YES
//mouse scroll, identified as keyboard event(?)
KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3769332, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x0, keycode 123 (keysym 0x1008ff13, XF86AudioRaiseVolume), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
root 0x264, subw 0x0, time 3769332, (135,143), root:(2287,595),
state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
here is some Information(I dont know why the mouse is identified as 'type:KEYBOARD'):
hacksign@XSign [14:55:03] : ~
>> xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Heng Yu Technology Poker Pro S id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Heng Yu Technology Poker Pro S id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
hacksign@XSign [14:55:06] : ~
>> xinput list-props 13
Device 'RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse':
Device Enabled (142): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (144): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (270): 0
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (271): 1.000000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (272): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (273): 10.000000
Device Product ID (260): 9390, 8192
Device Node (261): "/dev/input/event8"
Evdev Axis Inversion (274): 0, 0
Evdev Axes Swap (276): 0
Axis Labels (277): "Rel X" (152), "Rel Y" (153), "Rel Horiz Wheel" (267), "Rel Dial" (268), "Rel Vert Wheel" (269)
Button Labels (278): "Button Left" (145), "Button Middle" (146), "Button Right" (147), "Button Wheel Up" (148), "Button Wheel Down" (149), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (150), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (151), "Button Side" (265), "Button Extra" (266), "Button Unknown" (263), "Button Unknown" (263), "Button Unknown" (263), "Button Unknown" (263)
Evdev Scrolling Distance (279): 1, 1, 1
Evdev Middle Button Emulation (280): 0
Evdev Middle Button Timeout (281): 50
Evdev Third Button Emulation (282): 0
Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (283): 1000
Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (284): 3
Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (285): 20
Evdev Wheel Emulation (286): 0
Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (287): 0, 0, 4, 5
Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (288): 10
Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (289): 200
Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (290): 4
Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (291): 0
hacksign@XSign [14:55:14] : ~
>> grep -i rapoo /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 29.102] (II) config/udev: Adding input device RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse (/dev/input/event7)
[ 29.102] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 29.102] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse'
[ 29.102] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: always reports core events
[ 29.102] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[ 29.102] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Vendor 0x24ae Product 0x2000
[ 29.102] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found keys
[ 29.102] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as keyboard
[ 29.102] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[ 29.103] (II) config/udev: Adding input device RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse (/dev/input/event8)
[ 29.103] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 29.103] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 29.103] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse'
[ 29.103] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: always reports core events
[ 29.103] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Vendor 0x24ae Product 0x2000
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found absolute axes
[ 29.103] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
[ 29.103] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found keys
[ 29.103] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 29.103] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as keyboard
[ 29.103] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 29.103] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 29.103] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 29.103] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[ 29.104] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 29.104] (WW) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: ignoring absolute axes.
[ 29.104] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 29.104] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 29.104] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 29.104] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 29.104] (II) config/udev: Adding input device RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
hacksign@XSign [14:59:47] : ~
>> yaourt -Q|grep -i 'input-'
local/xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint 2.9.1-1
extra/xf86-input-keyboard 1.8.0-3 (xorg-drivers xorg)
extra/xf86-input-mouse 1.9.1-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)
extra/xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)
Last edited by Hacksign (2015-01-14 02:22:51)

Thanks for reply !
change Driver 'mouse' to Driver 'evdev',solved cursor goes beyond controll problem.
but I still can not use scroll button and 'go forward'&'go backward' button.
(BTW:evdev_drv.so is from local/xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint, and local/xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint package is from AUR)
I think, maybe something wrong with my button number mapping, but I still can not get scroll button number with 'xev' command....
below is my configuration:
hacksign@XSign [17:15:19] : /var/log
>> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mouse-acceleration.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Mouse2"
MatchProduct "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse"
MatchIsPointer "yes"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "9"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 8 9 4 5"
EndSection
and here is Xorg.0.log
[ 11357.287] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 11357.287] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse'
[ 11357.287] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: always reports core events
[ 11357.287] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[ 11357.287] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Vendor 0x24ae Product 0x2000
[ 11357.287] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found keys
[ 11357.287] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as keyboard
[ 11357.287] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/0003:24AE:2000.0003/input/input8/event7"
[ 11357.288] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 11357.288] (II) config/udev: Adding input device RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse (/dev/input/event8)
[ 11357.288] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 11357.288] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 11357.288] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Applying InputClass "Mouse2"
[ 11357.288] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse'
[ 11357.288] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: always reports core events
[ 11357.288] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[ 11357.288] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: ButtonMapping '1 2 3 6 7 8 9 4 5'
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Vendor 0x24ae Product 0x2000
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found absolute axes
[ 11357.288] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
[ 11357.288] (--) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Found keys
[ 11357.288] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 11357.288] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Configuring as keyboard
[ 11357.288] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
[ 11357.288] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 11357.288] (**) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.1/0003:24AE:2000.0004/input/input9/event8"
[ 11357.288] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 11357.288] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 11357.288] (II) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 11357.288] (WW) evdev: RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: ignoring absolute axes.
[ 11357.289] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 11357.289] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 11357.289] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 11357.289] (**) RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 11357.289] (II) config/udev: Adding input device RAPOO RAPOO 2.4G Remote Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 11357.289] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 11357.289] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
olive wrote:In the config file you mentioned, all is commented; do you mean that you have problems when you have uncommented it? You should not use the mouse driver (old deprecated driver) but evdev. Try to remove xf86-input-mouse and xf86-input-keyboard (same as before, this is deprecated and handled by evdev) and remove also a "joystick" driver if you have it (I have had problem with it conflicting with the evdev driver).
Last edited by Hacksign (2015-01-13 09:27:06)

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[cache]
/etc/xorg.conf
Section "Files"
#RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
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Thanks for any hints. (I am afraid I am asking a lot of questions right now!)

It is definitely not the locale issue in my case - my locales are set properly and the output of locale is as expected.
No, I haven't found a solution. I'm beginning to suspect it is a bug or something odd about the interaction between KDE and Arch somehow. I had this problem on pretty much a new install and my installation is not "generally messed up" so far as I can tell. (I am just starting to get it configured a little more comfortably but have a ways to go.)
I would be very grateful for any hints, pointers, suggestions, solutions, tea or sympathy available.

Numeric keyboard problems

can anyone help with advice regarding my keyboard problem. Basically, I have tried two different apple keyboards and neither of them will work on the numeric keypad. Does anyone know what is wrong?

If restarting the computer, logging in and out of a user account, trying a second
user account to see if the problem exists computer-wide or only in one account,
does not work, you could see if resetting PRAM/NVRAM or even PMU for that
specific computer may flush the system, should it be a software error.
There is an Apple Hardware Test on the bootable Installer disc DVD which
came with your computer, and perhaps that could spot some error in the
USB or keyboard, but it may not show a subtle issue, such as a bad cord
or one port connector in the computer which may be bent, etc.
User account issues are sometimes responsible for other problems, but there
could be something a bit screwy with the port the computer keyboard is plugged
into; so have you tried a different port? Does that part of the board work if the
computer is started up in SafeBoot?
Does Keyboard Viewer show any activity on the keyboard in that area even
though the input does not show on the screen?
On a portable computer, there is a way to turn off the Numeric Keyboard area,
which is different than a full-size keyboard; you can make it 'ignore input' to
the computer if the correct settings or other keys are selected to do so. And I
wonder if this is possible with a regular full size external keyboard on an iMac.
Some settings in Universal Access in a desktop computer may affect how
the keyboard works; or what may be expected from pressing some keys
may change due to settings accidentally chosen through this panel. A few
can be activated by accident, if some check-boxes were default-chosen.
With the portable computer, it takes a bit more effort to ignore numeric
keyboard, since it is part of the main built-in keyboard. In a desktop
Mac, the keyboard/mouse controls in System Preferences panel offer
a few choices, and Universal Access offers others which can be turned
on or off at times without a conscious effort; given pre-conditions in there.
So, if the software and/or settings in the system are to be ruled out, any
possibility of settings or a damaged OS X need to be weeded out. If
the hardware is known good and that includes the logic board and or
USB ports used to connect the USB standard or pro keyboard to the
Mac are good, then further investigation is required. Patient, tedious.
{If you use a powered USB hub, be sure to have the keyboard directly
plugged into the computer. A mouse can be run from a powered USB
hub, but some hubs don't work or work incorrectly in some cases with
keyboard commands on startup. And having too many things attached
in a string of USB devices (unpowered hubs, etc) can cause a brown-
out or power failure; since USB can only support a limited number of
items attached to the computer's internal powered ports. Be they USB
or FireWire, there is a limit and rules apply; should peripherals be in
a string attached to a computer, so demand won't exceed supply.}
Good luck & happy computing!

Start up error - mouse , keyboard, external HD decided to not work

Working on setting up my new MacPro13 to replace a PC. Tried to install Retrospect backup software to do backup on external HD that had been attached to PC. Didn't have enough room on HD and couldn't erase files. I couldn't find anything in Help to tell me how to uninstall software on the Mac, so just dragged the application to trash. I wanted to simply erase the disk, but now upon startup I get the following messages: Security issue with the following startup files - library/startupitems/Icon and library/startupitems/mxbtdaemon and library/startupitems/retrorun. So I go to library and there is no file called "startupitems" although all the Help topics that come close to this problem say that there should be one. I went to preferences/accounts/login and don't see anything like this. So, what I want is for the external mouse/keyboard and HD to be seen and work; be able to erase the HD and use it for time machine.

Hi bmorgan43;
How is the drive formatted?
Since it was used on a PC then it is most likely formatted as NTFS. OS X is able to read NTFS but not write to it. You will need to reformat to HFS+, by the way that will erase it.
Did you go to the Library at the root level?
On my Mac that is where I find startupitems.
Allan

Migrated User Account Keyboard Problem AFTER Login

I have a brand-new MacBookPro (with multi-touch trackpad) that came with Leopard preinstalled. When I first started up the new computer, I set up a new administrator user account first. Then I used Migration Assistant to migrate my primary user account from my PowerBook G4, which is running the latest version of Tiger. I can log into my old user account with the same password I have always used, and everything looks fine--my old desktop is there, my Mail, iCal and iTunes settings all look great, etc.--but I can't use the keyboard. I can use the mouse to click on menus; the keys for the volume and backlight controls work, and some of the keys on the right side of the keyboard work (which seems particularly weird), but I can't do anything else with the keyboard. When I log out of the account and try to go back to the new admin account, the keyboard no longer works at all until I reboot. If I go directly into the new admin account, the keyboard is fine; it only starts locking up AFTER I log into my old user account. I have not had any keyboard problems with any other user accounts that I have created from scratch on the MacBookPro, nor have I had problems with the other user accounts I migrated from the PowerBook. After consulting with an Apple rep on the phone, I have tried the following things:
1. deleting my migrated keychain file on the problem user account and letting it make a new login keychain;
2. deleting the original default keychain on the PowerBook and re-running the Migration Assistant;
3. deleting the problem user on the MacBookPro using the option of creating a disk image, and then creating an empty file in the Users folder with the same name as the problem user account and then dragging the files from the disk image into the folder, and then creating a new version of the user account with the same name, password, etc.;
4. running Disk Utility to fix permissions (multiple times);
5. I have completely erased and reinstalled the system on the MacBookPro using the install DVDs twice. The first time, I ran Migration Assistant immediately after the "Welcome," and the second time I set up a new administrator account first and then ran Migration Assistant.
6. I have also tried the steps outlined in this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306840.
7. I have tried moving my user files over by hand but then I have a ton of permission problems and I was having trouble getting my Mail settings/mailboxes to move over properly. I've spent hours and hours on this.
I have NEVER had so much trouble upgrading to a new computer or a new OS in all the years I've owned Macs! What am I missing???

Well...I'm not sure which of the following fixed my problem, but once I realized it was something to do with the numeric keypad keys, I went into both the Keyboard & Mouse preferences and the Universal Access preferences and I made sure that I set everything back to the default settings. I suspect that going to Keyboard&Mouse-->Keyboard Shortcuts and clicking on "Restore Defaults" is what did the trick. So far, so good. I hope this helps somebody else; I couldn't find anything else anywhere about this somewhat quirky problem.

Wireless mouse/keyboard intermittent dis-connects

In the last three days, I have looked at over 20 different posts regarding wireless mouse/keyboard disconnect problems. Thew fixes ranged all over the board and NONE fixed it. And, none of these problems matched mine exactly, except for one other. I too, have two iMacs and this problem has over the last few days gotten increasingly worse and irritating. Regardless of what you're doing, whether it is actual productive work, or playing a stupid game on your computer, when your mouse quits responding, and the graphic flashed on the screen "MOUSE DISCONNECTED", it irritates.
I think a senior apple tech finally pin-pointed the problem, at least for my two systems. It has nothing at all to do with Bluetooth or Wireless networking. I tried ALL of those fixes including resetting the SMC. None fixed it.
Here is what the tech had me do. Under System Preferences > Users & Groups > My Login, I then clicked on "Login items. I was astounded to see a list that exceeded the size of the window of "startup" programs that have been installed from iTunes Helper, to Dropbox to blah, blah, blah. You name it. He had me remove ALL of them except iTunes Helper. one item "Connect service (all users) could not be removed. However, as we later discussed, the specific item the I believe to be the culprit was "Bittorrent". I've forgotten what I downloaded that used that as the download agent, but in the future, I shall NEVER AGAIN use it for ANY reason. I also removed from the applications area, some non-used programs (that probably weren't the problem, but...), emptied the trash, re-booted and have not had the problem since. I want to stress here, that if your problem is actually Bluetooth or Wireless network related, this will not fix it. However, my mouse had gotten really molassesy in that when I would try to quickly move from one spot to another on the screen, it took some time to catch up, as if something else had control. That's what I think Bittorrent or someone trying to share one of my files was causing. I don't share my files. Period. I didn't realize that it could be subverted to that use of I wouldn't have ever used it in the first place.
Anyway, neither one of my iMacs has exhibited ANY of the former symptoms since clearing that list on each system. Turns out, my second iMac also had Bittorrent in the list. That's about the only thing the two have in common besides Yosemite 10.10.3. Maybe this will help, maybe it won't. I sure hope it does. Forums like this one are extremely helpful to me.

I had the same problem... didn't find anything useful in the forums. Just on a whim, I went to the
Control Panel | Device Manager | Universal Serial Bus Controllers
For each "Hub", right click and select "properties"
On each properties page, select "Power Management" tab
On each power management tab "uncheck" the "Allow the computer to turn off..."
I did this for the Generic USB Hubs, the USB Root Hubs, and the Reneasas...Hub. After that was completed, all USB ports started working immediately. So far, they are staying working but it has only been an hour or so. Will report back if this doesn't stick. Also, there may be a more elegant solution... but this works for now.

Pismo keyboard problem

Bringing, I hope, a 400 MHz PowerPC G3 Pismo w/320 Ram back to life. Some time in 2004 it was loaned to a relative who was typing a dissertation. At the end of the year he brought it back and it was stored. He claims no accident, no spillages on keyboard, etc.
Got it up and ready despite dead batteries after I removed the PRAM battery and pushed the reset on the back of the case to the left and below the dial-up socket. Ordered a few things and awaiting their arrival and will be ordering a new HD once I figure if I can get Pismo back.
One problem: One tier of keys do not work. Keys are the "9" "o" "l" and "." both upper and lower case.
I tried connecting a nearly new full-sized Apple keyboard via the USB and found the same result, the keys listed above will not register an image when pressed.
I also tried looking at the pins connecting the keyboard ribbon connection to the rest of the computer. Nothing appeared bent and neither end of the connection appears dirty. I pushed it back down firmly and it seemed to seat. No improvement. Other keys still work.
There doesn't appear to be evidence of a spill on or near the keys in question, nor anywhere else for that matter.
I've read the discussion started Jan 21, 2009, by shermo, entitled "KeysUnresponsive."
Suggestions?

Texas Mac Man wrote:
I was curious too about the external kbd not working. I wonder if David had disconnected the defective kbd that the external kbd would have worked properly.
With no internal keyboard and an external USB keyboard the keys register properly. Had you asked me to disconnect the old defective keyboard I would have disconnected the ribbon between old defective keyboard and the rest of the computer; and I would have removed it.
David, if you have nothing else better to do, do a quick test.
1. Install the defective kbd & connect the external kbd. Does the external kbd still not work properly?
This is how I tested it initially. Keyboard still connected by ribbon and in place. The external keyboard did not work properly. Can't do that anymore, because old defective keyboard went to recycler yesterday. (Trash pickup here is Monday.)
2. If the external kbd doesn't work properly, disconnect the defective kbd. Now does the external kbd work properly?
At your request, see above. I disconnected and removed the good, internal keyboard. The external USB did work properly. As perhaps a point of interest, the Dock has gone back to the default (at the bottom) position and the size of icons in it are not reduced, when the internal keyboard is removed.
I have Tiger running on my 400MHz Pismo with 768MB RAM.
Duly noted. I think I'd need a bit more RAM, to avoid its running slower than it does now.
 Cheers, Tom
Back atcha, Baja Oklahoma! (I always did like Dan Jenkins, and _Semi Tough_) David

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